Overview
- Bitcoin rallied to near $74,000 before sliding to about $71,200 following the headlines, though it remained roughly 2% higher over 24 hours.
- U.S. Central Command confirmed that all six crew members on a refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq had died.
- The Wall Street Journal reported the Pentagon plans to deploy a Marine expeditionary unit of about 2,500 troops to the Middle East, including forces attached to the USS Tripoli.
- U.S. equities flipped to small losses, gold extended a recent pullback by about 1%, and oil jumped more than $5 to roughly $97.30.
- Ether, Solana and dogecoin were up around 3% but off session highs, crypto-linked stocks such as Marathon Digital advanced, and trader Paul Howard of Wincent said such geopolitical jolts often fade quickly.